"Heilig-Blut-Altar"
from Tilman Riemenschneider in the St. Jakobus Church
The name of this altar dates back to a relic, a drop of blood from Christ. This relic came
by the end of the crusades to Rothenburg and quickly provided a growing number of
pilgrims.

Around the year 1500 the city council gave the Würzburger altar
carver
-Tilman Riemenschneider- the commission to carve an adequate altar for this
relic. The
altar shows the Last Supper, the arrival of Jesus in Jerusalem and the scene at the Mount
of Olives. It belongs to the most beautiful altars in southern Germany